How to build backlinks to brand new foreign website?

[malekmz]

I want to rank a website based on 3 german keywords. i see there is possibility for that because i didn't see optimised website in first results. The domain name is based on my main keyword. how to start building high authority links to my website. Can i place my anchor text backlinks on English high pr websites?

[gfiorelli1]

Can i place my anchor text backlinks on English high pr websites?

Yes, you can... if those websites are really used by your German audience (i.e.: Mashable).

But if you mean "pr websites" something like "press communicates web sites"... than I would say no:

1. Because those are links that usually can generate problems (crappy sites);
2. Because they must be nofollow links (as Google told) because they are not editorial links
3. Because the press communicates will end being published, maybe, in sites your audience is not, hence useless for referral traffic;
4. Because of at least 10 others good reasons I won't list.

Moreover, if you want to rank in Google.de, you need links from German websites for simple better geotargeting and for a simple question of logic:

Google, in fact will consider that your site is not relevant for the German public if it doesn't have links from German sites.

[RyanPurkey]

Hi Malek. If you use Open Site Explorer to examine the back link profile of sites related to yours, you should find several quality locations where you may be able to gain links: https://moz.com/researchtools/ose.  In general, the basics of SEO apply to any website regardless of country so the guides and educational material in the learning section here will be of help, for example: http://moz.com/beginners-guide-to-link-building.  Recently, Cyrus Shepard did a nice webinar on the basics of SEO that should also be of assistance: http://moz.com/webinars/seo-basics-the-fundamental-signals-used-to-rank-our-content-higher. Enjoy!